ἀπόκνησις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A shrinking from, στρατειῶν Th. 1.99; ἀ. πρὸς τοὺς πολιτικοὺς ἀγῶνας Plu.2.783b.

German (Pape)

[Seite 307] ἡ, Zögerung aus Furcht, Thuc. 1, 99.